Akiko Yonemura

Akiko Yonemura (米村明子, Yonemura Akiko, born 25 January 1984) is a Japanese former professional tennis player.

Akiko Yonemura

Country (sports)	Japan
Born	(1984-01-25) 25 January 1984 (age 39) Kumamoto
Prize money	$160,615
Singles
Career record	246–221 (52.7%)
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 208 (12 May 2008)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2008)
French Open	Q2 (2008)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2008)
US Open	Q1 (2007, 2008)
Doubles
Career record	189–140 (57.4%)
Career titles	15 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 137 (28 April 2008)

On 12 May 2008, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 208. In April 2008, she reached her best doubles ranking of No. 137.

In her career, she won three singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Akiko is the sister of Tomoko Yonemura.

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 12 (3–9)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	23 October 2005	ITF Makinohara, Japan	Carpet	Alisa Kleybanova	0–6, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	4 June 2006	Gunma, Japan	Carpet	Abigail Spears	3–6, 6–2, 6–7^(6)
Runner-up	3.	24 September 2006	Ibaraki, Japan	Hard	Shiho Hisamatsu	2–6, 6–3, 5–7
Winner	1.	21 October 2007	Makinohara, Japan	Carpet	Seiko Okamoto	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	19 October 2008	Makinohara, Japan	Carpet	Hsieh Su-wei	1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	20 September 2009	Kyoto, Japan	Carpet (i)	Nungnadda Wannasuk	6–1, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	6.	27 March 2010	Kofu, Japan	Hard	Sachie Ishizu	6–1, 1–6, 0–6
Winner	2.	30 May 2010	Kusatsu, Japan	Carpet	Junri Namigata	6–4, 7–6^(4)
Runner-up	7.	17 September 2011	Kyoto, Japan	Carpet (i)	Kazusa Ito	3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Winner	3.	1 April 2012	Nishitama, Japan	Hard	Kumiko Iijima	1–1 ret.
Runner-up	8.	23 June 2013	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Shiho Akita	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	9.	14 September 2013	ITF Kyoto, Japan	Carpet (i)	Hiroko Kuwata	1–6, 2–6

Doubles: 30 (15–15)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	23 September 2003	ITF Hiroshima, Japan	Grass	Satomi Kinjo	Tomoko Taira   Nami Urabe	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	5 September 2004	Saitama, Japan	Hard	Tomoko Taira	Kim Hea-mi   Keiko Taguchi	4–6, 0–6
Runner-up	3.	31 October 2004	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Maki Arai	Kumiko Iijima   Junri Namigata	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	4.	21 August 2005	Nanjing, China	Hard	Tomoko Sugano	Julia Efremova   Xie Yanze	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	4 June 2006	Gunma, Japan	Carpet	Ryoko Takemura	Christina Horiatopoulos   Trudi Musgrave	1–6, 7–5, 2–6
Winner	1.	13 May 2007	Fukuoka, Japan	Carpet	Ayumi Morita	Rika Fujiwara   Junri Namigata	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	27 May 2007	Nagano, Japan	Carpet	Mari Tanaka	Natsumi Hamamura   Ayaka Maekawa	6–7^(2), 3–6
Winner	2.	3 June 2007	Gunma, Japan	Carpet	Kumiko Iijima	Chen Yi   Yoo Mi	6–4, 6–4
Winner	3.	8 July 2007	Nagoya, Japan	Hard	Junri Namigata	Chang Kyung-mi   Kim Jin-hee	6–2, 3–6, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	5 August 2007	Obihiro, Japan	Carpet	Ayumi Morita	Kumiko Iijima   Junri Namigata	6–7^(3), 0–6
Runner-up	8.	13 September 2007	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Kumiko Iijima	Junri Namigata   Rika Fujiwara	6–3, 6–7^(4), [5–10]
Winner	4.	6 July 2008	Waterloo, Canada	Clay	Tomoko Yonemura	Lauren Albanese   Alexandra Mueller	6–1, 4–6, [10–3]
Runner-up	9.	25 October 2008	Hamanako, Japan	Carpet	Junri Namigata	Kanae Hisami   Yurina Koshino	5–7, 4–6
Winner	5.	10 May 2009	Fukuoka, Japan	Grass	Tomoko Yonemura	Ayaka Maekawa   Junri Namigata	6–2, 6–7^(3), [10–3]
Winner	6.	24 May 2009	Nagano, Japan	Carpet	Junri Namigata	Tomoyo Takagishi   Varatchaya Wongteanchai	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	10.	29 November 2009	Toyota World Challenge, Japan	Carpet (i)	Akari Inoue	Marina Erakovic   Tamarine Tanasugarn	1–6, 4–6
Winner	7.	23 May 2010	ITF Karuizawa, Japan	Carpet	Ayumi Oka	Sun Shengnan   Xu Yifan	7–6^(1), 6–3
Winner	8.	4 July 2010	ITF Pozoblanco, Spain	Hard	Tomoko Yonemura	Valentyna Ivakhnenko   Kateryna Kozlova	6–4, 3–6, [10–4]
Winner	9.	24 July 2010	ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand	Hard	Tomoko Yonemura	Kim So-jung   Remi Tezuka	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	11.	29 August 2010	ITF Saitama, Japan	Hard	Kumiko Iijima	Akari Inoue   Kotomi Takahata	3–6, 3–6
Winner	10.	5 September 2010	ITF Tsukuba, Japan	Hard	Kumiko Iijima	Chan Chin-wei   Chen Yi	4–6, 7–6 ^(6), [10–7]
Winner	11.	15 May 2011	Kurume Cup, Japan	Grass	Ayumi Oka	Rika Fujiwara   Tamarine Tanasugarn	6–3, 5–7, [10–8]
Runner-up	12.	8 October 2011	Kōfu International Open, Japan	Hard	Remi Tezuka	Chan Chin-wei   Hsu Wen-hsin	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	13.	22 October 2011	ITF Makinohara, Japan	Carpet	Junri Namigata	Shuko Aoyama   Kotomi Takahata	2–6, 5–7
Winner	12.	9 September 2012	ITF Noto, Japan	Grass	Kumiko Iijima	Miki Miyamura   Mari Tanaka	6–1, 4–6, [10–5]
Runner-up	14.	23 June 2013	ITF Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Kumiko Iijima	Makoto Ninomiya   Yuka Mori	4–6, 3–6
Winner	13.	24 March 2014	ITF Nishitama, Japan	Hard	Junri Namigata	Choi Ji-hee   Akari Inoue	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	15.	13 May 2014	Kurume Cup, Japan	Hard	Junri Namigata	Jarmila Gajdošová   Arina Rodionova	4–6, 2–6
Winner	14.	20 May 2014	ITF Karuizawa, Japan	Hard	Junri Namigata	Kanae Hisami   Chiaki Okadaue	6–2, 7–5
Winner	15.	24 March 2015	ITF Nishitama, Japan	Hard	Kyōka Okamura	Kanae Hisami   Kotomi Takahata	2–6, 6–2, [10–5]

External links

• Akiko Yonemura at the Women's Tennis Association  
• Akiko Yonemura at the International Tennis Federation  
• Akiko Yonemura at ESPN.com